Prophecies

Examples

• But the _Clermont_, in spite of all prophecies to the contrary, had traveled under her own steam from New York to Albany, and the trip was the crowning event in Fulton’s career as inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Death on the cards, love in the stars, and the muttered prophecies of crouching hags, terrified at the omen of flying bat, of shrieking night-bird. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Those prophecies are distinctly leveled at the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I suppose Robert Moore's prophecies were, partially at least, fulfilled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But through some of the prophecies there runs already a note like the note of what we call nowadays a social reformer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The prophecies of the French partisans began to pass for facts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He is the more likely to attempt the fulfilment of his own prophecies. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Don't dwell so much on the prophecies, but read the clearer parts of the Bible. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The prophecies of Roger Bacon began to live in reality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Our prophecies of change are subjective wishes or fears that never come to full realization. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• They found out prophecies of the crucifixion in the prophets--the Gospel of Matthew is particularly insistent upon these prophecies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With painful earnestness he questioned me concerning her prophecies with regard to him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The first of Sergeant Cuff's prophecies of what was to happen--namely, that I should hear from the Yollands--came true on that day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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